Airport Book A former TSA screener wrote "I Might As Well Be Naked! How to Survive Airport Screening with Your Clothes On" to help airline passengers get through security checkpoint as quickly and painlessly as possible. Sign up for a free Travel Security Tip of the Week by email.

AIRtime Publishing Inc. Publisher of Combat Aircraft, International Air Power Review, Flightpath, and other publications.

BD King Press The republishing of classic aviation books. This is basically a site for readers of aviation literature which has a taste of history and lore. Ernest K. Gann and Robert Serling are the primary authors.

Bob Wander's Soaring Books and Supplies A wide variety of soaring books, supplies, videos/DVDs, varios, and other information. Featuring the Made Easy series written by Bob Wander, and Mentor series of soaring books, edited by Bob Wander.

Booksquadron.com This online company presents a selection of fine and rare materials related to the histories of both commercial and military aviation.

Britton Booksellers Specializing in scholarly out of print and technical titles. Use the keyword search to find aviation titles.

Builders Bookstore 800+ titles from 60 publishers for the sportplane builder and pilot including books eBooks, videos, eVideos, and software.

Bulgarian Books & Music Check out the military aviation titles by East European aviation expert, colonel Dimitar Nedialkov, Proffesor in the military academy of Bulgaria.

Byrd Aviation Books Specializing in early aviation, pioneer, and WW I books. A large supply of back issues of aviation magazines.

CanAero.ca A website exclusively devoted to the people, aircraft, and photography of Canadian aviation.

The Clique Ltd. Collections of old, rare and historic aviation books published 1904-1939. Prices from around £1000 / US $1,500.

Firefly Books The "Aviation Century" series of books. Search the catalog with"aviation" for other titles.

First Blue Angel Information on the life of Butch Voris, and the book First Blue: The Story of WWII Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels, personally autographed by Butch! This charitable organization donates all net proceeds to both the US Naval Academy Foundation and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

Hikoki Publications Dedicated to producing serious books for aviation enthusiasts which explore less well known aspects of aviation history 1914 - 1990.

Ink Publishing This publishing company is the largest producer of inflight magazines for airlines.

Jets Press Publishing work by fighter mechanics about their impressions of the people and hardware surrounding fighter aircraft.

nzebooks.com This site offers the Ventura Publications series of classic warbird books, as well as aviation e-books.

Red Sky Ventures Books Aviation text books and resources published by Red Sky Ventures are available for international distribution through Lulu, including the aircraft training manual series, aircraft checklists, Namibian PPL and CPL prescribed texts, and the Namibian Runway Directory.

SAM Publications Publisher of books and magazines for the modeller and enthusiast.

Ventura Publications Ventura publishes a range of aviation titles (the Classic Warbirds series), provides a digital rights management service (where an electronic ‘ebook' is purchased from a Web site, is readable on a personal computer, but refuses to open if moved to another computer), and manufactures a range of model kits and decals.

Vintage Flyer Media LLC They publish large format photographic books, including one that features 100+ rare cockpits, one Cessna History from 1934 to 1964 in pictures, and one on the story of vintage Airliners.

Wind Canyon Books A publisher and distributor of 1,000+ aviation books, including civilian and military aviation books, 3-view scale airplane books, World War I, World War II and current day aviation. They publish airplane histories and they have a selection of children's aviation books.

Artful Publishing The book Artful Flying: "No matter what kind of aircraft you fly, how many ratings or hours or logbooks (or moon landings) you have, this book will make you a better pilot."

Ask the Pilot Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular air travel column, unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating world of commercial flight.

The Aviation Book: The World's Aircraft A - Z In this amazingly illustrated international survey, Irish artist Fia O Caoimh provides a comprehensive survey of all the main plane types, civil and military, from the pioneering years to today's transonic and aerospace flights. Illustrations of planes and helicopters are accompanied by detailed technical specifications. 352 pages with over 900 illustrations. Published by Thames & Hudson in the UK, Chronicle Books in the USA/Canada, and Hermes Publications in a French language edition.

Aviation Cartoons "Good Landing" is a 160 page book with aviation cartoons by 20 artists from all corners of the world.

Barnstorming To Air Safety A former barnstomer looks at the development of aviation from the early days of flying to the jet age: stories of barnstorming risk-takers, rum-runners, early Naval air schools, and descriptions of some of the first passenger flights. Also, the development of air safety regulations. The author, who joined the Bureau of Safety of the Civil Aeronautics Board (later the National Transportation Safety Board) provides the reader with details of aircraft accident investigations and findings while also affording a glimpse into how the government operates.

Charting A Wiser Course Kaye Shackford, a thirty-year industry veteran, believes our current managerial and behavioral models are operating at cross-purposes with our own strategic objectives. To achieve those objectives, we must align our behaviors with our intentions.

Confessions of a Pilot The account of a private pilot and his twenty year love affair with flying. 170 pages of memories, dreams, and fears, spanning two decades of adventures in a 1958 Piper Tri-Pacer.

CynthiaMcAlister.com Books written by Cynthia Swensen McAlister, including Crisscrossing the Globe - The Crazy Life of a Charter Flight Attendant.

Design for Impact This book looks at the design and development of airline safety cards, from the first text-based cards in the 1930's to current cards. (A big Flash download.)

Dictatorship of the Air In addition to information and excerpts from the book Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia, the web site includes a gallery of rare images of early Soviet aviation posters and a weekly blog devoted to Russian aviation, history, and related matters.

FinallyFearless.com Help for nervous flyers through the book Going From Worried About Dying to Excited About Flying.

flightattendantcareer.com The 165 page flight attendant career guide, The Essential Guide To Becoming A Flight Attendant written by American Airlines flight attendant Kiki Ward will steer you through the process of becoming a professional flight attendant - from the application process, to the interview, to training. An indepth look at the career itself is also included. Specific airline interview overviews are available. The Website maintains up to the minute hiring information direct from the airlines.

Flying North South East and West The biography of Captain Terry Reece, who spent more than forty years as a captain, chief pilot, check airman, smokejumper, airline training company president, and owner of a floatplane service. From Amazon.com: "Reece's first flying lesson ended in a cloud of billowing dust, ripped metal, and broken Plexiglas. But that didn't keep him grounded. Over the next few years, he navigated his Lockheed C-130 to steamy nights in Rangoon, risky undercover aircraft deliveries to Libya, icy Arctic expeditions, and desperate flights out of the desert with machine guns pointed at his gut, to landing Boeing jets on short, icy runways on Alaska's Aleutian Chain. Reece's entertaining biography delves into the fast-paced world of aviation and is filled with compassion, danger, bits of humor, and the follies of youth."

Flying: Just Plane Fun A children's book on flying (by Julie Grist, ISBN 0-9725750-0-6) that shares both technical information and the joy of flying with young readers age 5-12. Pilots and aviation buffs are buying it to share with their kids and grandchildren to get them interested in flight.

GEEZER and the KID: Adventures in Flight The 3rd book by Ron Irwin is a vibrant action adventure tale of a trip by Ron and his 11 year old daughter across the sizzling Mojave Desert and the hostile terrain of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico in their single Cessna Cardinal. Irwin is an author, pilot, and photographer who writes about his passion for aviation and creates aviation themed images and paraphernalia.

Global Business Jet Yearbook A pocket reference book for owners and operators of long-range business jets worldwide. Contains information on airports, FBOs, charter operators, maintenance and completion centers, and more. Also available online.

The Greatest Generation of Silver Wings This limited edition book contains interviews with 28 World War II aviators, who are now in their seventies and eighties. Over 250 pgs, with stories, photos, maps, and diagrams.

Halfway to Heaven Re-published edition of book about flying techniques and philosophies of a glider pilot, aerobatic expert and stunt flier, and Australia's first commercial skywriter.

Handbook of Business Aviation in Europe A pocket reference book for owners and operators of turbine helicopters, twin engine aircraft, and business jets throughout Europe. Also available online. The printed edition is available to purchase, and the content can also be browsed on the website. Comprehensive airport data, listing handlers and FBOs, based maintenance centres, and charter operators. Over 2,000 airports online. Browse through every turbine helicopter, fixed wing twin, and business jet type, with links to manufacturers, new aircraft sales representatives, maintenance and charter operators for each. Over forty categories of services for aircraft owners and operators.

Happy Landings The publisher of books by aviation humourist Garth Wallace, for pilots and people who like to laugh.

Hauling Checks: a novel A comedy about the darker side of aviation. A cast of degenerate pilots, who work for a shady night time air cargo operation, take you on a flight through the unfriendly skies. The pilots abuse every Reg in the book in their quest to make deadlines for their high value cargo. As the company falls on hard times, management resorts to questionable measures to save the failing airline.

Jetliner Cabins The aim of Jetliner Cabins is to survey one small part of the legacy that we have inherited from the Wright Brothers and the development of the commercial-aircraft cabin environment from the late 1970s to the turn of the millennium. Topics include product branding, the passenger experience, cabin maintenance and the marketing challenge and include comments from more than forty international specialists relevant to their areas of expertise.

Jim Clonts This former B-52 instructor radar-navigator has authored Virulent Winds, a military fiction novel of the near future.

Junior Pilot Adventures A children's aviation book about two little pilots from South Africa who fly off on an exciting journey to fetch their friends from another city. Along the way, they experience a number of situations which test their flying skills. The story aims to educate little readers about some aspects of aviation with a safety theme throughout.

The Last Bush Pilots A fiction novel inspired by the author's adventures flying the Alaska bush out of Juneau, Alaska.

The Man Who Flew The Memphis Belle A book by Col. Robert Morgan, USAFR, Ret., detailing his experiences as the Eight Air Force Pilot who led his crew and their B-17 through 25 daylight missions over occupied France and Nazi Germany and then went on to complete 26 B-29 missions against Japanese forces.

Nick Grant Adventures Aviation historical fiction. At sixteen, pilot Nick Grant works part time at Alameda Airport. Nick’s adventures begin with job for Ann Lindbergh. He delivers a package and becomes embroiled in a contest for control of the Pacific. The US, through the great Pan American flying boats of the 1930s, is trying to keep China supplied in its war with the Japanese invader. Japanese spies have a mission to - stop the US! Join Nick as he confronts his classmates, a Japanese Secret Society, and the FBI while trying to protect the China Clippers.

Only Birds and Fools Fly... This autobiographical online "book" details of the first jet crossing of the atlantic, and of the first British aerobatic team.

A Pilot's Guide to Safe Flying mCOVE Resources provides details about this internationally acclaimed book for GA pilots. It summarizes the many ways of avoiding situations that can potentially impair the safety of a flight. It covers topics relating to safe flying, and provides the single pilot with an extremely useful framework for gaining and maintaining knowledge in this important area.

Prelude to a Super Airplane This fictional novel is set in the year 2012 where political divisions between the flying-car contingent and the pro-airplane people clash to put the future of airborne transportation at risk. Buy the paperback, read the e-book (Kindle, PDF, HTML), or browse through the first 55 pages for free.

Qantas Jet Star This book describes a suicidal 747 pilot (the author) and how he was kept flying by Qantas. Mental illness can be disguised through non-medical means (booze), and perhaps more research and understanding should be given to this problem.

The Secret Layer This novel by Simms Thomas is about a flight attendant and her adventures, the men that crossed her path and the many secrets she had to hide.

Selbstverlag Lampoudi A selfmade book about the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Boeing 717, in German, with 348 pages.

Squawk 7700 - A Pilot's Adventure An account of the author's 10 years as an aviator, from his adolescent dream of flying to a first officer on a major regional airline.

Tail of the Storm This book is the story of the Military Airlift Command aircrews who flew airlift missions in the logistical tail of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. It is written from the viewpoint of a crewmember, not a historian or a journalist.

Turbo the Flying Dog Turbo wants nothing more than to leave his boring life at the pound behind. The day he discovers his wish is coming true he is terrified to learn that he will have to take an airplane, which another dog describes as "a big metal machine that makes noises in the sky," to his new home. With the help of his new family, this rescue dog overcomes his fears learning to love aviation after taking a turn at the controls. A light hearted aviation children’s book series for ages 4-8.

Violet the Pilot An adventurous girl flies different airplanes having different adventures in different countries. For all ages.

Whistling Turtles in Belgian Skies A full colour, hard cover book with the history of it's use as a training aircraft and as a demonstration aircraft with the Red Devils and solo-display pilots. Technical data, information for modelers, and photographs of the Fouga in Belgian service.

Wings of Discovery A fictional story about an ordinary guy who confronts his fears and embarks upon an extraordinary journey.

Other Book and Publication Sites

CANAV Books Blog This is the blog from CANAV Books, Canada's oldest independent aviation book publisher. It contains original photos, insights and commentary from founder Larry Milberry, focusing on all things Canadian aviation, as well as the book publishing biz.

FlightSimBooks.com They make the full text of 16 classic flight simulation books available on the web. Everything is available with permission of the copyright holders. Titles include PC Pilot by Steve Smith, Jet Fighter School by Richard G. Sheffield, Realistic Commercial Flying with Flight Simulator by John Rafferty, and others.

French Aerospace Industry This report RNCOS provides a comprehensive view of the aerospace market in France. It comprises informative discussions on global and domestic demand/supply trends, futures markets, and micro economic analysis.